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See also:FAUCIT, See also:HELENA SAVILLE (1817-1898) , See also:English actress, the daughter of See also:John Saville Faucit, an actor, was See also:born in See also:London. Her first London See also:appearance was made on the 5th of See also:January 1836 at Covent See also:Garden as Julia in The Hunchback. Her successin this was so definitely confirmed by her subsequent acting of Juliet, See also:Lady Teazle, See also:Beatrice, Imogen and Hermione, that within eighteen months she was engaged by See also:Macready as leading lady at Covent Garden. There, besides appearing in several Shakespearian characters, she created the heroine's See also:part in See also:Lytton's Duchess de la Valliere (1836), Lady of See also:Lyons (1838), See also:Richelieu (1839), The See also:Sea See also:Captain (1839), See also:Money (184o), and See also:Browning's See also:Strafford (1837). After a visit to See also:Paris and a See also:short See also:season at the Haymarket, she joined the See also:Drury See also:Lane See also:company under Macready See also:early in 1842. There she played Lady See also:Macbeth, See also:Constance in See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King John, Desdemona and Imogen, and took part in the first See also:production of Westland See also:Marston's Patrician's Daughter (1842) and Browning's Blot on the Scutcheon (1843). Among her successful See also:tours was included a visit to Paris in 1844-1845, where she acted with Macready in several Shakespearian plays. In 1851 she was married to Mr (afterwards See also:Sir) See also:Theodore See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin, but still acted occasionally for charity. One of her last appearances was is Beatrice, on the opening of the See also:Shakespeare Memorial at See also:Stratford-on-See also:Avon on the 23rd of See also:April 1879. In 1881 there appeared in See also:Blackwood's See also:Magazine the first of her Letters on some of Shakespeare's Heroines, which were published in See also:book See also:form as On Some of Shakespeare's See also:Female Characters (1885). Lady Martin died at her See also:home near See also:Llangollen in See also:Wales on the 31st of See also:October 1898. There is a tablet to her in the Shakespeare Memorial with a portrait figure, and the See also:marble See also:pulpit in the Shakespeare church—with her portrait as See also:Saint Helena—was given in her memory by her See also:husband.
See Sir Theodore Martin's Helena Faucit (1900).
End of Article: FAUCIT, HELENA SAVILLE (1817-1898)
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